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More companies chime in on big game trophy shipments
2015-08-06 02:21:12| Trucking - Topix.net
More carriers chimed in Tuesday after several major airlines began banning shipment of big game trophies amid outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Air Canada announced Tuesday that it would refuse to transport such big game animals as lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros or water buffalo Air Canada announced that it would refuse to transport such big game animals as lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros or water buffalo, while the United Parcel Service declined to follow suit.
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More companies chime in on big game trophy shipments
2015-08-05 21:47:23| Air Courier - Topix.net
More carriers chimed in Tuesday after several major airlines began banning shipment of big game trophies amid outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Air Canada announced Tuesday that it would refuse to transport such big game animals as lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros or water buffalo Air Canada announced that it would refuse to transport such big game animals as lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros or water buffalo, while the United Parcel Service declined to follow suit.
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Ken Braun: Big Oil would be loved more if it went bankrupt
2015-08-05 15:49:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The oil industry is having a bad year, but sympathy cards from Capitol Hill and Lansing must have gotten lost in the mail. Last summer, their oil was fetching almost $100 per barrel, but today it's worth half that.
Big Food companies spend billions of dollars annually on marketing;...
2015-08-05 09:58:33| Beverages - Topix.net
One of the most common excuses major food corporations offer when pressed on the issue of why they refuse to support mandatory labeling of genetically-modified organisms is that doing so would be too expensive, raising food costs for consumers. But an investigation into this claim reveals it to be an absolute farce, as Big Food companies routinely spend $1 billion a year or more just on food advertising alone.
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Hurricane Hunters fly through Guillermo, tropical storm expected to pass north of Big Island
2015-08-05 02:20:54| Airlines - Topix.net
On most flights, such a sound might spur concern for the average passenger, but on this flight of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron the sound signals the beginning of data collection that will assist Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters in narrowing the cone of uncertainty as Guillermo approaches the Hawaiian Islands. Falling at a rate of 2,500 feet a minute, the dropsonde - a Pringles can-sized contraption that has some resemblance of a used roll of paper towels - makes its way through Guillermo down to the ocean surface.
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